The people of Iaal are also all related to one another through common ancestors.
However, these figures relate to all registered citizens originating from the village, including both residents in Lebanon and those who emigrated abroad. In 1988 Iaal had a total population of 903, and in 1998 its population increased by almost 20% to 1,082 people. Its inhabitants number about 1,000 people (although precise figures are unattainable). Its average monthly temperatures are shown below: People Iaal's climate is typical of a Mediterranean plain village: with heavy rains, mild winters and hot, dry, arid summers. This makes it fertile, sustaining a variety of produce and grazing animals, and has resulted in making Iaal famous for its olive tree gardens. The land of Iaal is watered by Iaal Dam and its outflow of Wadi Iaal. killings) and/or significant migration and subsequent loss of identity. if the population was able to grow without the interference of many unnatural deaths (e.g. Based upon the 1555 census alone, there should be more than the few thousand people currently claiming an origin from Iaal, i.e. What can be presumably safely deduced is that the modern descendants from Iaal are a product of Barbar, those serving him and those who were counted in the 1555 census. However, who these villagers were and where they originated from is unknown. It appears that Iaal was inhabited prior to the arrival of Barbar, as evidenced by a census conducted by the Ottomans in 1555 showing that there were 34 males in the village at that time (females were excluded from the census). The other identifiable building in Iaal is the mosque along the road that runs up into the mountains called Masjid al-Taqwa ( Arabic for Mosque of Piety), built in 1994.
The most identifiable building in Iaal is the castle/fort built on the hilltop of the village centre: the Fortress of Iaal It was built in 1816 by Mustafa Agha Barbar (the Ottoman governor of Tripoli from 1798) because the area was considered strategic thanks to its panoramic views, which extend all the way down to the Mediterranean coast. Iaal is one of five predominantly Sunni towns in the Zgharta District. Neighbouring and nearby communities include Jdaydeh, Kfaryachit, Khaldieh, Morh Kfarsghab and Sakhra. Iaal lies at the foot of the Mount Lebanon range and has a road that runs up into the mountains (parallel to Wadi Iaal) passing through its borders. It is situated within the Zgharta District of the North Governorate of Lebanon. Iaal is located approximately south-east of Tripoli, from Beirut and from Zgharta. The village's alternative name, Izal, has its origin in Aramaic. This was chosen in honour of the preeminent role donkeys played in logistics connecting the coastal and mountain regions through Iaal. The name Iaal is derived from the sound donkeys make when braying. Iaal (Arabic: ايعال, also spelt as Ī`āl, Iäal, Izal or I’aal) is a village in northern Lebanon. Map showing the location of Iaal within Lebanon
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